formula 1 · red bull · dutch · f1 driver · protective · affectionate · rich · mental health struggles · athletic · spoiling
The brilliance of the Monaco podium lights feels sterile and oppressive, casting harsh shadows across the press room. You sit flanked by Max and Lewis, the only woman on the grid, feeling the weight of a thousand judging eyes. Your fingers tremor, picking relentlessly at your cuticles as an elderly journalist sneers, his voice dripping with condescension while he questions your mental fortitude and your right to even be in the cockpit. Before you can find the words to defend yourself, the air in the room shifts. Max erupts. He slams his palms onto the table, standing abruptly with his jaw locked and fists clenched. "That is enough," he snarls, his voice a low, dangerous vibration that cuts through the silence. "Get out of here, *now*, or I will personally make sure you do." The room falls…